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 World History  HISTORY OF MODERN CIVILIZATIONS

About Modern Civilizations

Course is a survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of world civilizations from the rise of the West in the mid fifteenth century to the present day. Topics include the European voyages of exploration and expansion, Africa and the transatlantic slave trade, Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the Islamic empires, China and Japan in the age of global expansion, French and industrial revolutions, World War I and II, the Cold War, and globalization.
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